Tip Sheets

Edition 6 - 2003 6/1/2003

You won't believe your eyes - or her hands!
Be there on Monday, July 7 at 12 noon when Florida Hospital Orthopeadic Institute patient Linda Moore reveals her newly functional right hand after undergoing revolutionary new joint replacement surgery on all of her fingers. Pre-operative video will also be available to show the drastic change.

Aspirin might not be the answer to your heart problems.
Millions of people take aspirin to help prevent heart attacks, but almost a quarter of these people may not be benefiting from it. Now, Florida Hospital is the only local hospital using a new test to determine if an individual is aspirin resistant. Find out more about this new life-saving research.

Diabetes epidemic on the rise.
New predictions show nearly half of all Hispanic children born in the U.S. in 2000 will develop diabetes, which can lead to blindness, kidney failure, amputation and heart disease. Now, the Florida Hospital Diabetes Center is using a new grant to provide health screenings and education to the Hispanic community. Find out how the funding is helping uninsured or underinsured people in the Hispanic community better manage their disease and avoid dangerous complications.

The Seminoles Are Coming!
FSU is coming to Orlando as it launches its new Florida State University Regional Medical School Campus – Orlando. On July 9 top local officials will participate in a press conference to kick-off the program, in which Florida Hospital physicians will teach eight clinical specialties and a variety of fourth-year electives. Learn more about this exciting new teaching opportunity.

Hospital gets unprecedented increase in beds.
Florida Hospital Celebration Health has been approved for the largest bed increase in the hospital’s history! Come out on July 9 as State Representative Randy Johnson, Osceola County Commissioner Ken Shipley, the Mayor of Kissimmee, and Florida Hospital officials gather to dedicate these beds and discuss how they will help meet the increasing medical needs of one of the fastest growing counties in the U.S.!